Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

Ever hear of the Milazzo Cage?

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.